A new Spiral Staircase for me. The nearest Underground Station is Bethnal Green though it is a bit of a walk from there. The Cranbrook Estate is a housing estate in Bethnal Green, East London designed by Francis Skinner, Douglas Bailey and an elder mentor, Berthold Lubetkin who was well known for his post war modernist designs and other Spiral Staircases. This shot is taken in the Tower Block called Puteaux House on Mace Street. As usual with such blocks entry is by an entryphone system. I didn’t figure my chances were good of buzzing an Eastender resident and asking to come in to take pics of their spiral staircase. Luckily a resident was going in just as I arrived so I followed behind her. Otherwise it would have been a matter of hanging around suspiciously waiting for somebody to go in.

This one is thanks to the map of London Spiral Staircases by Sean Batten and has recently been added. See www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zGBl9m2NaoaU.kUNHdyvugwUA& ...

The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 mm lens at 20mm. Taken with a Tripod looking straight up 14 floors. 3 raw images 2EV spacing processed with Photomatix Fusion Real Estate for a natural look. Noise reduction with Nik Define and more detail with Topaz Clarity. The clone tool was used to remove a bright distracting light from the bottom right. Mono conversion with Topaz B&W Effects